The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-12

iag their wages. This makes total of ffty-six
now IN Jail here, and it Is supposed that as many
more have been apprehended at other points
along the line. CONSERVATION prevails among
the proprietors of the fences" and dens where
tne goods were secreted and sold. In one in
stance the proprietor of notorious den was de-
tected in the act of burning stolen property
A telegram just received from Dennison. o.,
states that j. R. Dunlap the leader Of the gang,
was arrested there tnis morning.
The following the names of the parties
lodged in Jail this morning:
Conductors-John Hastings. Mac Roberts. j.
T; Brennan, L. Back, II. P. Kuhn, Thos. c.
Shay, T. H. Hanley, VIM Isett. Chas Watson.
Chas. Shanks. c. Langacre. CLYDE Lauchlin.
Brakemen-J Z. Lawson, " E. Myers Ed
ward Wolf, l. f. Hageerty. Robert Mackey, NJ.
= Connolly George Schrier. S. Goodman, j. A.
Fisher. w. T. Lavelie. Thos. Vincent A L. Col
lis. VIM. R. Boales, John A. Bowser. Michael
Joyce. w. c. Martin, George Morris, t. o. Gut
shall, A. Grifi tbs, NJ. B. Doyle, John Donavan
John Martin, VIM. Roth. John Sweeny, T. ".
Abers, j. w. Ricney, Wm Briggs, John Kirk
Cune. 81. c. Thompson, J. T. Kinney. Michael
Reilly. Thomas Long, Samuel Fitch, James
Young. Frank Maple. jr.. R. Dunlap, c. A. Ault-
man, c. Il. Laughlin. John Coils and David
Coils
Nearly two hundred warrants are still out. and
it is expected that the list of arrests in this city
will be swelled to eighty before night.
number OF houses IN various parts of the
City were ralQeO tO-Qay ana n large quantity OF
goods recovered. Every arrested had
stolen goods somewhere. Among the prisoners
are several desperate characters who were
wanted by the police for other ofenses. They
were all armed, and. when not taken by surprise,
resisted arrest. Numbers overpowered them,
however, and all were safely lodged in Jail
special dispatch from Dennison says the
officers have arressed James and w. Coils, with
several thousand dollars worth of velvets and
high priced dry goods in their possession-arti-
c!eS taken from IInitAd States bOndaa m
route to Chicago. ST. Louis and other points
wesN One Busby, the worst man in the gang,
slipped his handouts and recklessly threw him
self from the train whilst it was going, and
escaped
The most important arrest made here was
brakeman Young. He called at the Jail to see
one of the prisoners this morning, and was i'm
medlately locked up. At first he protested his
innocence. but finally admitted that he had a
large lot of the stolen property at his home, and
told how the goods had come in his possession.
His confession will, it is said, convict thirteen
crews
west Of Columbus. report the arrest Of large
number of railroad employees implicated in the
robberies.
Special Agent Rue stated tonight that the to-
tai arrests number sixty, of whom there are
fifty y-six in the Pittsburg jail. One of the men.
named Black, was released on bail. j. F. Gibbs
was also released this evening He is officer
OF the company, and his arrest was mistake.
Two OF the men in the Pittsburg jail
are from Dennison. 0. Two others
arrested at Dennison are still there. Another
arrest, that of Elmer Young, was made at Eas,
Palestine, O. Deputy Mayor Gripp. before
whom the warrants were sworn out, has fixed
the hearings for next Monday at 10 A. NJ. The
0ffice of Detective GiIkerson is crowded with the
many trunks and stolen goods, all OF which have
been labeled from whom taken, the date anG
conditions They will all be carefully guarded
to be used evidence against the men. TIL,
goods valued at several thousand dollars
which may be greatly increased by the content!
of the dozen or more trunks which have not ye
been opened
At the jail all was quiet. and no more prisoners
were expected tonight 1t is understood tha
no more arrests will be made here. In fact, De
tective Rue said they had all the men the,
wanted, except a few no longer connected with
the Panhandle road, who are located and vii
be arrested within the next few days
At a late hour tonight. j. r. Dunlap, who il
regarded as the rim gleader of the gang, made
cohfes sion to the detectives. in which he i'm
plicated several outsiders and located 'fences
at DenEison, O., New Philadelphia and othe
| places.